As part of my GCSE Citizenship coursework I had to compare two newspaper articles ["Asylum meltdown" (the sun 20/01/03) with "The fight for tolerance" the (guardian 20/01/03)].

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GCSE CITIZENSHIP

COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENT: ASYLUM SEEKERS

As part of my GCSE Citizenship coursework I had to compare two newspaper articles [“Asylum meltdown” (the sun 20/01/03) with “The fight for tolerance” the (guardian 20/01/03)] and discuss to an extent their point of views, their language, effectiveness, typographic techniques, and persuasiveness on the issue and then give my point of view, explaining clearly my ideas with references to evidence.

The sun gives an angry report of the increasing number of asylum seekers and the immense irreversible damage this is causing our economic system shaking its very foundations. The article is completely one sided i.e. anti asylum seekers, labelling them all under one group – illegal immigrants who are causing terror and most are Muslims (Algerians, Ethiopians…)

To get its point across it uses exaggerated facts and charts which will only help it get its readers angry and outraged. It used couched in vocabulary, designed to inflame anti- asylum seekers feelings.  It describes asylum seekers with words or phrases such as ‘illegal immigrants that swarm into Britain’, ‘claiming benefits at the expense of tax payers’, ‘taking advantage’, ‘using Britain as doormat ’, ‘asylum madness’, etc.

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It uses bold letters to emphasise the failure of our government to control the problems , ‘fails’, ‘generous handouts’, ‘time for action’.

The sun has titled its article ‘Asylum meltdown’ reflecting that the situation needs to be cracked, asylum seekers need to be sorted and the government needs to be revived.

They used a picture effective in its purpose to support a negative and imbalanced article. The picture shows asylum seekers masked and crossing barriers, a representation of the border of the country, showing us that instead of using the gate they are coming in illegally.

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